The data showed that in 2011, Schenectady County had the state’s highest rate of index crimes, which cover murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larcenies and stolen cars.

In Schenectady County, the rate of index crimes per 100,000 residents was 3,509.2. Albany County was second (3,458.1). Rensselaer stood eighth (2,923).

To put that in perspective, all three local counties showed higher crime rates than the Bronx (2,524.9), Brooklyn (2,345.6), Queens (1,779) and Staten Island (1,444.4). Meanwhile, Albany and Schenectady counties displayed higher rates than Manhattan (3,192.6), giving those two counties higher rates than every borough in New York City, which for decades was as infamous for crime as it is famous for Yankee baseball.

And those were far from the only dubious crime statistic rankings seen in Capital Region in 2011.